[Question] How to use custom message?

[jg2002-j]

Checks

• [X] I confirm that I have searched for existing issues / pull requests before reporting to avoid duplicate reporting.
• [X] I confirm that I noted that if I don't follow the instructions, the issue may be closed directly.

Description

(Sorry if this is duplicate, I wasn't sure if anyone would see the comment I left on the post since it was closed) But I'm not sure how to use the custom message fields in mcdiscordchat.json. I looked at the recommended en_us.json for the existing examples but when I pasted even the exact same messages in the .json file nothing from discord synced over to minecraft chat. I'm a beginner at anything involving coding so is there an easy way to format the incoming chat?

[jg2002-j]

I want to make the chat look similar to this:

[Xujiayao]

(Sorry if this is duplicate, I wasn't sure if anyone would see the comment I left on the post since it was closed)

Yes, I am notified.

I looked at the recommended en_us.json for the existing examples but when I pasted even the exact same messages in the .json file nothing from discord synced over to minecraft chat.

Do you mean the messages are still the same as before? That is because the JSON files I sent in that issue are the default messages.

I want to make the chat look similar to this:

Here is a sample config I write for that screenshot:

Useful site: https://www.minecraftjson.com/

mcdiscordchat.json

"customMessage": {
  "unformattedResponseMessage": "",
  "unformattedChatMessage": "> %name%: %message%",
  "unformattedOtherMessage": "",
  "unformattedCommandNotice": "",
  "formattedResponseMessage": "",
  "formattedChatMessage": "[{\"text\":\"> \",\"bold\":false,\"color\":\"blue\"},{\"text\":\"%name%\",\"bold\":false,\"color\":\"aqua\"},{\"text\":\": %message%\",\"bold\":false,\"color\":\"white\"}]",
  "formattedOtherMessage": "",
  "formattedCommandNotice": "",
  "serverStarted": "",
  "serverStopped": "",
  "joinServer": "",
  "leftServer": "",
  "deathMessage": "",
  "advancementTask": "",
  "advancementChallenge": "",
  "advancementGoal": "",
  "highMspt": "",
  "offlineChannelTopic": "",
  "onlineChannelTopic": "",
  "onlineChannelTopicForMultiServer": ""
},

[jg2002-j]

thank you! i'll test that out - is there also a known incompatability with StyledChat mod?

[jg2002-j]

sorry, i guess that was an issue with me incorrectly using the custom messages before - it all works fine now. thank you for the help!

last question: what other placeholders can you use in the custom messages?

[jg2002-j]

also the tellraw generator doesn't generate a string in the same format?

i get /tellraw @p ["",{"text":"> ","bold":true,"color":"blue"},{"text":"%name% ","color":"#7289DA"},{"text":"► ","color":"gray"},{"text":"%message%","color":"gray"}] which doesn't work in the plugin

[Xujiayao]

thank you! i'll test that out - is there also a known incompatability with StyledChat mod

Not sure. I personally do not use StyledChat and Placeholder API, and there is no plan to use them. However, MCDC should be compatible with them since they only modify in-game chat.

what other placeholders can you use in the custom messages?

%server% %name% (username or server nickname, depends on config option) %roleName% %roleColor% %message%

also the tellraw generator doesn't generate a string in the same format? ... which doesn't work in the plugin

/tellraw @p ["",{"text":"> ","bold":true,"color":"blue"},{"text":"%name% ","color":"#7289DA"},{"text":"► ","color":"gray"},{"text":"%message%","color":"gray"}]

should be modified to:

formattedChatMessage: [{"text":"> ","bold":true,"color":"blue"},{"text":"%name% ","color":"#7289DA"},{"text":"► ","color":"gray"},{"text":"%message%","color":"gray"}]

unformattedChatMessage: > %name% ► %message%

[jg2002-j]

thank you!